Under the Freedom of Information Act, we may disclose the following information to
any requester:
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the aggregate amounts of professional fees (not individual fees) authorized by SSA
to be paid to attorneys or other persons for representing individuals before the Social
Security Administrative Law Judges;
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the amount of payments to third parties such as vocational experts, medical experts,
consultative physicians, and translators; and
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the number of separate cases represented by those fee totals.
IMPORTANT:
We cannot disclose information that would let the requester associate information
with specific persons for whom services were rendered.
EXAMPLE:
Do not disclose (except to the parties involved) the fees authorized for handling
a specific case, since this would disclose the identity of the attorney's client and
the amount of the fee.